Don't Look Up (
2021) | IMDb:
7.2
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence
,
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Meryl Streep
,
Rob Morgan
,
Jonah Hill
,
Cate Blanchett
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (
2020) | IMDb:
7.7
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Starring:
Eddie Redmayne
,
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Michael Keaton
,
Frank Langella
,
John Carroll Lynch
Ready Player One (
2018) | IMDb:
7.4
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Dunkirk (
2017) | IMDb:
7.8
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Starring:
Fionn Whitehead
,
Tom Hardy
,
Mark Rylance
,
Kenneth Branagh
,
Cillian Murphy
,
Barry Keoghan
The BFG (
2016) | IMDb:
6.3
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
Starring:
Mark Rylance
,
Ruby Barnhill
,
Rebecca Hall
,
Jemaine Clement
,
Bill Hader
,
Penelope Wilton
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies (
2015) | IMDb:
7.6
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
The Gunman (
2015) | IMDb:
5.8
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
Anonymous (
2011) | IMDb:
6.8
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Starring:
Jamie Campbell Bower
,
Rhys Ifans
,
David Thewlis
,
Joely Richardson
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Sebastian Armesto
The Other Boleyn Girl (
2008) | IMDb:
6.7
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Starring:
Natalie Portman
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Eric Bana
,
Jim Sturgess
,
Mark Rylance
,
Kristin Scott Thomas